About Open Reblock

Reblocking is a process of physical transformation of a slum to provide street access to all its structures and set up urban services, efficient water management, emergency assistance and all other benefits of an urban street network. You can see an example of the reblocking process in this blog post from Shack/Slum Dwellers International.

This project aims to create a web-based service for an open-source code base that develops the least-disruptive extension of the existing street network to bring infrastructure and services to informal settlements and set up the conditions for the formalization of land use and property records.

Support

To support this work or for any questions, please contact us. We aim to produce a version of open-reblock where the proposed street layout is easy to edit and adapt to local considerations, in order to promote professional neighborhood planning by slum communities and local governments.